Forest in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.3668, -75.6774
- Elevation
- 17 m above sea level
- Region
- Delaware
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 128 km away
- Same name
- 32 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Forest, Delaware, United States
This page shows the current local time in Forest, Delaware, United States, in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Forest, United States
Saturday, 5 September 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Forest
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Forest.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:36 AM Solar noon 1:03 PM Sunset 7:30 PM Daylight 12 h 54 min Night 11 h 06 min Civil twilight 6:09 AM – 7:57 PM
Weather in Forest right now
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Forest and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 24551
- 39074
- 45843
- 46039
- 71242
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Delaware
- Wilmington 70 898
- Dover 39 403
- Newark 33 817
- Middletown 20 372
- Bear 19 371
- Brookside 14 353
Other places named Forest
- Forest Brussels Capital, Belgium
- Forest Virginia, United States
- Forest Mississippi, United States
- Forest Ontario, Canada
- Forest Ohio, United States
Same time zone — America/New_York
- New York City United States
- Brooklyn United States
- Queens United States
- Philadelphia United States
- Manhattan United States
- The Bronx United States
Nearby places
- Point Breeze — 1.6 km
- Blackbird — 1.6 km
- Townsend — 3.4 km
- Meadow Vista — 3.5 km
- Fieldsboro — 5.8 km
- Vandyke — 5.9 km
Forest: clock, sun and surroundings
Every address in Forest sits within one of 5 postal codes.
Forest uses the America/New_York time zone with a UTC−4 offset. Whether daylight saving time is used: Yes.
The sun rises here at 6:36 AM and sets at 7:30 PM in Forest today. Daylight adds up to 12 h 54 min.
Townsend and Middletown-Odessa lie near Forest and keep identical time.
Questions and answers
- Where does Forest fall in terms of time zones?
- In terms of time zones, Forest falls within America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Is summer time applied in Forest?
- Yes.
- How late does the sun set in Forest?
- The last sunlight comes at 7:30 PM.